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The War on LGBTQ+ Rights

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, News Commentary, Daily News

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As anti-gay and anti-trans politics become more mainstream, the Trevor Project has a unique perspective. They run a hotline where queer kids are talking about how Republican rhetoric is meeting reality. Bullying once thought to be confined to high schools has made its way to mainstream politics. 


Guest: Sam Ames, civil rights lawyer and director of advocacy and governmental affairs at The Trevor Project. 


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0:00.0

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0:26.9

Slack.com slash DHQ.

0:37.4

There's something strange going on right now. In the way Republicans talk about people

0:42.3

where LGBTQ. If you listen in on how Republicans speak to each other, you can hear it's even

0:48.9

strange for them.

0:50.9

I'll in favor of adding this language, say I.

0:53.9

This is a meeting that took place in Texas last month, the Biannual Republican Convention.

1:00.9

The people in this room are writing up their party platform, going through a document

1:07.6

that's projected on a big screen. Someone's about to add a little new language, about

1:12.5

a thousand lines in.

1:14.5

I want to add the following short sentence. Homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice,

1:22.0

as you can probably imagine. Not everyone is in favor of this change.

1:29.0

Anybody want to speak against? Mr. Vaughn?

1:32.0

I know you're all surprised, right? Look, I have not spoken against any other of these.

1:36.0

Jason Vaughn is gay. He's from Houston, and he is pissed.

1:41.0

Dropping this on this committee right now after these things have been so hard fought, after

1:47.0

this. Honestly, something I deeply disagree with, it's harmful, it's hurting. I was called

1:52.2

a pedophile outside. Somebody screamed pedophile at me because I'm a gay man. I am a member

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